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No. 233,653. Patented Oct. 26,1880.

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WILLIAM YOUNG, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COOKING-RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 233,653, dated October26, 1880.

Application filed Ju1y15,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM YOUNG, a citizenof the United States, residing at IVashington, in the county ofWashington and District of Columbia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cooking-Ranges and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a thll, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of-reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cooking-ranges to be used onboard vessels, in.

hotels, and in other places where it is necessary to cook largequantities of food in a short period of time and the objects of myimprovements are, first, to provide a double range, the parts of whichare so constructed and arranged that one portion may be used separatelyor the two portions at the same time, the fireboxes of each of thecompartments being separated into two or more chambers, so that a firemay be maintained in one or more or in all at the same time, as occasionmay require; second, to provide such a combination and arrangement ofthe parts as is necessary to produce the effects described. I attainthese objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and by their combinations and arrangements.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the parts inposition for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line 00 w of Fig.3,

showing the fire-boxes, the ovens, the water-' heaters, pipes forconducting steam to the outlet-pipe, and such pipe. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation on line y y of Fig. 2, showing the dividedfire-boxes, the fire-grates, the water heaters, and cocks for drawingwater therefrom. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on linez z of Fig. 2,showing the central ovens and the flucs through which the heat passesaround them. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lower plate of the cover ofthe coffee-boiler, showing channels and perforations through which waterpasses to the boiler, and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the boilerand its cover.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all of the views.

In constructing my improved device, which I have denominated the anchorcookingrange, I provide a bottom plate, A, of the required length andwidth, and form in it two depressions, A A which are arranged so as tocome directly below the grates in the fireboxes. Upon the outer ends ofthis plate there are raised flanges A, which prevent ashes or coals fromfalling onto the floor upon which the range is placed, an dthey alsoserve to pre vent any dish or article that may be set upon the portionof plate A to which they are attached, which constitutes the hearths A,from being slid ofi in the event of a storm at sea.

Attached to the sides of plate A are the plates B B, the lower portionsof which extend from one of the hearths A to the other. Each of theplates B and B is provided with doors B and B the former giving accessto ovens B and B each of which extends about half the way across therange transversely, they being divided by a hollow heating-flue orpartition, soon to be described, while the latter gives access to theends of an oven, B, which extends entirely across the range, as showninFig. 4 of the drawings.

The upper portions of the plates B B are shortened, so as to leave aprojection at each of their ends, said projections being covered withplates 0 and O, which are provided with a series of apertures, as shown,for the reception of boilers, kettles, or cooking-utensils of differentshapes and diameters, said apertures, when not occupied by such devices,being covered by plates in the usual manner. These plates 0 C also formthe upper walls of the fire-boxes D, D, and D which are arranged uponeach end of the range.

From the plates 0 0 there extend upward plates G the length of which isequal to the length of the range at the pointwhere they are placed, theybeing provided upon their upper portions vith projections 0 G which formthe lower walls of heating-fines for the ovens O and G which projectoutward from the upper edges of plates 0 and 0 above the furnaces D, D,and D from which the heat for use in said ovens is derived, it beingconducted thereto through flue 0 as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. These ovens extend across the ends of the range, and areprovided with sliding or other suitably-arranged doors 0 0 they beingpeculiarly adapted to the cooking of meats and other substancesrequiring a high degree of heat, owing to their proximity to thefurnaces.

The top of the range consists of a plate, E, or of a series of plates,as desired, it having in it a series of apertures, E, of various sizesand forms, for the reception of cooking-utensils, and also for thereception of water-heaters E E and E and of a cofiee-boiler, E Thesewater-heaters pass down through the plate E, and are provided withflanges, which rest upon said plate, and thus prevent them from passingdown below the point desired, each two being united, if preferred, sothat both can be lifted out together, or they may be made separate, sothat one maybe removed, and thus room he made for applying thecoffeeboiler in the place of one of them. For the purpose of drawing thewater from these heaters cocks E are provided, which pass through thewalls of the range and enter into or are otherwise secured to them, sothat by turning the key thereof water can at any time be drawn from theheaters without removing the covers th erefrom.

In constructing these heaters I prefer to apply to them, at the pointswhere the cooks enter, a portion of solder or of other metal for thepurpose of increasing their thickness at these points, so that ascrew-thread may be formed in them for the reception of a thread uponthe end of the cock, which arrangement admits of the cock beingunscrewed and with drawn whenever it becomes desirable or necessary toremove the heaters.

It is apparent that what has been herein designated as water-heatersmay, whenever occasion requires, be used as boilers and for cookingvegetables or other substances that require to be boiled. These heatersor boilers are each furnished with covers, in the centers of which theremay, if preferred, be formed an aperture to be covered with any suitablecover, which may be readily removed for the purpose of enabling theattendant to see the condition of the contents.

In structures of this character, and especially when they are used in asmall or closed room, it is desirable to avoid the escape of steam fromthe heaters and boilers into such room, and hence for providing againstsuch a result there is attached to each of the heaters a pipe, F, theinner ends of which coinmunicate with the interiors thereof, while theirouter ends enter the pipe F, through which the products of combustionpass to the atmosphere, by which means any steam that may be generatedin said heaters'or boilers is conducted away and prevented from passinginto the room.

In order that, while having the general appearance of a single range,the same may be converted into two separate and distinct cooking-ranges,capable of separate or simultaneous use, the parts above described aredivided at their centers by a partition, F which passes up between theovens B and B and extends into the pipe F, by which means the twosections are separated and made capable of either joint or separate use,as desired, the only point where the fiues of the two sections becomeone being in said pipe F.

In using a cooking apparatus of this character it frequently becomesnecessary to heat a small quantity of water or other substance, or tokeep hot such material after ithas been heated, or to broil a steak orsome other substance without being under the necessity of building afire in the entire fire-box of one section of the range, as such anoperation would at times generate so much heat as to become annoying,and would always consume an unnecessary amount of fuel. For the purposeof obviating this difliculty the fire-box of each of the compartments ofthe range is dividedinto separate chambers, of which there are three;but the number may be increased, if desired, or only two need be usedwhen the range is a very small one.

It will be seen upon referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings that thearrangement described divides the fire-box into three separate anddistinct compartments, having no immediate connection with each other,except in the outlet-flue, and that the end ones are provided withdoors; and it will also be seen that by making a fire in any one of themany substance to be cooked or kept warm after it has been cooked can beplaced directly over such compartment, when the operation can beperformed without having any fire in the other compartments, and hencewith the expenditure of a small amount of fuel, while at the same timethe oven 0 or (3 as the case may be, will be kept sufficiently hot tokeep food placed in itin good condition to be placed upon the table.

When the apparatus is to be used on vessels there is placed around thatportion thereof which is immediately above the fire-boxes a railing, G,which, however, may be employed at all times, if found desirable.

As an appendage to this range, and designed to be used in connectiontherewith, there is provided a cofl'ee-boiler of peculiar construction,it consisting of a vessel, E of substantially the form shown in Fig. 6of the drawings, it being provided with flanges to support it upon theupper surface of one of the heaters or boilers E E or E and with aperforated bottom, so that the berries of coffee or the parts of suchberries placed therein shall be retained and the water or liquid cofi'eeallowed to run through it into the lower vessel or into the heater orboiler. The cover of the boiler E is hollow, its lower plate beingperforated and provided with corrugations, as shown in Fig. 5, so thatas water is poured in through the aperture in the upper plate it shallbe directed to and delivered upon all parts of the cofl'ee in the lowerportion of the boiler. The upper plate of this cover being solid andforming a tight cover to the whole, it follows that IIO none of thearoma of the coffee will escape while the steeping or extracting processis goin g on, as any steam which may arise from the lower portion of theboiler will be condensed in the cover and returned through the aperturesformed in the lower sheet of the cover, and hence the coffee will not beinjured by having its flavor carried off while under treatment.

Having thus described my improved range and the mode of its operation,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A, cooking-range for use upon ships and in hospitals, hotels, and otherplaces, combinin g in its construction two united compartments capableof being used either jointly or separately, the fire-box of eachcompartment extending across the range and being divided into two ormore compartments which are capable of being used either j ointly orseparately, and an intervening cooking-oven, the parts being arrangedwith reference to each other substantially as shown.

2. In a double cooking-range, the combination of the furnaces of the twocompartments thereof with the ovens B B and B thelatter of which extendsentirely across the range and has a door at each of its ends, while theothers,'B and B are separated by a heatingfiue, the arrangement of theparts being substantially such as is described, and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination, in a cooking-range, of a divided fire-box, D or D,water-heater E or E the flue C of which the water-heater forms one ofthe walls, and an elevated oven, 0 or G the parts being arranged withreference to each other substantially as set forth, and for the purposesdescribed.

4. In a double cooking-range, the combination of the ovens 13 ,13 and B,their arrangement with reference to each other being substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of the water heaters or boilers with the ovens B andB and the furnaces of the range, said heaters or boilers being arrangedas shown, whereby they are made to form one side of the flue leadingfrom the furnaces to the outlet-pipe.

6. In a double cooking-range, and in combination with the flues thereof,the dividingplate F for directing the products of the furnaces inseparate currents to the escape-pipe F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM YOUNG.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARRIS, O. A. YOUNG.

